Sunday, February 10, 2013

Done digging out

at least for now. Was at it most of the day yesterday, and have been
out all day today as well. It seems to be never ending. At least today
was a beautiful sunny day, with no wind. Yesterday was cold, overcast
and miserably windy.

Today I started by removing some of the snow
from the roofs. I don't want no ice dams forming resulting in leaks.
Plus we have the roof rake now, so why not use it? Then it was on to
expansion of the driveway and clearing the back porch. With only the
small snow blower functional, it took it's sweet time.

I checked the
big blower this morning, and sure enough, the auger belt was almost
broken. Just hanging on by a thread, which is probably why, yesterday,
it was on and off when we tried to tighten the tension on the wire. Piss
poor poor planning on my part. Always have spare drive belts, because
they tend to break when you most need them. Ordering more today, plus a
spare drive belt as well. Found a lot of nesting stuff when I opened
up the bottom of the blower. The chipmunks must have been having a
blast! Plenty broken nut shells, and a lot of wool!! Prime nesting spot.
I guess that also says something about my obviously poor maintenance
routine. Oh well. Live and learn.

Having a quick break now before
the evening barn chores. Dug out a little bit yesterday just around the
doors, so the boys and girls can get a peak out and some fresh air if
they so desire. Also had to dig a path and a small clearing for the poop
pile, which is going to be a pain in the ass now. Won't be able to use
the wheel barrel, didn't dig wide enough as the slope made the snow wall
too high for me to throw. So will have to log a smaller bucket back and
forth. All in all it just makes for a little more exercise and time.
That's all.

Last night I was really hurting after all the
shoveling, and thought for sure that today would be worse. Good thing
I'm always well stocked with Arnica, both low potency homeopathic and
oils/creams. This morning I felt just fine, and all the aches and paines
were gone. Of course now they're back, but tomorrow morning, they shall
be gone again, courtesy Arnica.